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Table 2 Genes expressed predominantly or strictly in the testis of Ae. aegypti

From: Silencing the buzz: a new approach to population suppression of mosquitoes by feeding larvae double-stranded RNAs

Aedes aegypti accession #

D. melanogaster homolog

Testis-specific?

Expressed in larvae?

Ovary-specific?

AAEL001033

CG8208 (MDB-like)

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL001156

CG5280

Yes

No

No

AAEL001684

CG4727 (bol)

Yes

No

No

AAEL002084

CG14220

Yes

No

Yes

AAEL002275

CG3565

Yes

No

No

AAEL003501

CG10252

Yes

Yes

No

AAEL003757

CG4434

No

Yes

No

AAEL004231

CG14271 (Gas8)

Yes

No

No

AAEL004471

CG4568 (fzo)

Yes

No

No

AAEL004696

CG5737

No

Yes

No

AAEL004939

CG32396 (β-tub)

Yes

No

No

AAEL005010

CG14305

Yes

No

No

AAEL005975

CG15259 (nht)

Yes

No

No

AAEL006726

CG6647 (zpg)

Yes

No

Yes

AAEL006841

-

Yes

No

Yes

AAEL006975

CG18369 (S-Lap5)

Yes

No

No

AAEL007144

CG12423 (klhl10)

No

No

No

AAEL007188

CG17083

Yes

No

No

AAEL007434

-

Yes

No

No

AAEL007544

CG10895 (lok)

Yes

No

Yes

AAEL007684

CG4767 (tek)

No

Yes

No

AAEL008428

CG10841

No

No

No

AAEL008678

CG18190

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL009047

CG8819 (achi)

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL009321

-

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL009357

CG2146

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL009553

CG12813

No

Yes

No

AAEL010639

CG5458

Yes

No

No

AAEL011098

CG8362

Yes

No

Yes

AAEL011310

CG9313

Yes

No

No

AAEL012096

CG18472

Yes

No

No

AAEL012446

CG6303

No

Yes

Yes

AAEL013621

CG17564

Yes

Yes

No

AAEL013723

CG31000 (heph)

Yes

Yes

Yes

AAEL013737

CG6971

Yes

No

No

AAEL014067

CG5048

Yes

Yes

No

AAEL014408

CG4965 (twe)

Yes

No

Yes

  1. Genes were identified in a SSH screen, selectively amplifying genes expressed in testes relative to the rest of the male’s body. cDNA was extracted from dissected male testes, the male body minus testes, 4th instar larvae, dissected female ovaries, and female bodies minus ovaries, and RT-PCR was then used to assess whether the genes were 1) testis-specific (i.e. in testes, but not other adult tissues); 2) expressed in larvae; and 3) ovary specific (i.e. in ovaries, but not other female tissues). Genes are ordered in ascending VectorBase (www.vectorbase.org) accession numbers.